Afghan children gather at the playground of the government run orphanage in Kabul December 31, 2001. [Officials say some 1000 orphans, whose parents have died during the long years of civil war, live in Kabul and countless thousands are scattered throughout Afghanistan.]

Afghan children gather at the playground of the government run orphanage in Kabul December 31, 2001. [Officials say some 1000 orphans, whose parents have died during the long years of civil war, live in Kabul and countless thousands are scattered throughout Afghanistan.]